We can't stop watching a river of ice plunge over these Canadian falls

There's something oddly mesmerizing about watching massive sheets of ice violently splinter and tumble over a raging cascade of a 130-foot high waterfall.

YouTuber Christian Boutet captured this breathtaking exodus of melting river ice flow along the Chaudiére River, in Charny's Parc de la Chute de la Chaudiere in Quebec, Canada.

He uploaded the footage to his YouTube channel on April 1, which we first saw at Digg, and now we can't stop watching.

See for yourself:

This river runs a lengthy 115 miles, but this section of the falls is by far the most popular tourist destination. The turbulent rapids are spun by the river's rocky bed, pulverizing the giant sheets of ice back into liquid as the climate warms in the spring.

The French word "chaudière" means "a pot or kettle, full of boiling water."